Fresh install Kubuntu 13.10: how best to partition the HD for optimal, smooth Kontakt & Akonadi

[ray burke]

 Basil Chupin ,

It is you who lives in Australia Right?  where as I said I live in
Bendigo Victoria Australia

ray

On 11/6/13, Bas Roufs <basroufs at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Burke,
> it's Basil who lives in Australia - as far as I can see in the south.
>
> I live in Western Europe, in the Netherlands.
>
> Respectfully Yours,
> Bas.
> Op 5 nov. 2013 20:41 schreef "ray burke" <rayburke30 at gmail.com>:
>
>> that daylight saving time was for BC, can you answer where in
>> Australia you live?
>>
>> ray
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 2:31 AM, Bas G. Roufs in English <
>> basroufs at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Basil and Everybody.
>>>
>>> > I am digesting your message and do have some comments - so stay tuned
>>> > (I
>>> > won't make the comments now as I am still to work thru them myself).
>>>
>>> No problem, Basil . Take your time to digest :-) my previous message. I
>>> wont
>>> start the installation & maintenance session until you will be able to
>>> reply
>>> it. Both of my computers need a thorough and intense digital refreshment
>>> maintenance session - however, I can still work fairly well at one of
>>> them.
>>> You live in (South-West?) Australia, UTC + 11. I live, as you remarked
>>> in
>>> another message, in Utrecht, The Netherlands, UTC + 2. Here in Western
>>> Europe,
>>> we have no daylight saving time until the end of March 2014. Taking into
>>> account the daylight saving hour in your region, it must be 10 hours
>>> later in
>>> your place. At about 16.30h. Central European Winter time, I send this
>>> message.
>>>
>>>
>>> > Unfortunately, I deleted message which started this thread and don't
>>> > remember how much RAM you have. Can  you tell me what it is, please?
>>> As you said yourself already in another message - 4 GB at each of both
>>> laptops.
>>>
>>> > Also, it seems that you have Windows #7 as an installable system (ie,
>>> > you have the DVD to be able to install it from fresh, as a new
>>> > installation) - is this correct?
>>> Yes, it is. I do have a DVD with a freshly installable Windows 7 system.
>>> However, I do not want to install that non-system :-) directly at my
>>> hard
>>> disks. For several reasons, I prefer to install it in a virtual
>>> environment,
>>> hosted by the main system - in my case now Kubuntu 13.10.  For
>>> considerably
>>> less then 1% of my working sessions, I need Windows. So, I presume about
>>> 10 -
>>> 15 GB in a virtual environment will be enough.
>>>
>>> However it may be - have a good day!
>>>
>>> Respectfully Yours,
>>>
>>> Bas G. Roufs.
>>>
>>>
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